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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

5 Ranked Colleges
253 Degrees Awarded
$24,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Nutrition Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,044 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, nutrition science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,764 and had an average of $28,222 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 347 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,567 and $22,875 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 253 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in nutrition science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nutrition science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nutrition science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 33 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State is $15,496 for plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Nutrition Science at Iowa State University

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Kansas State University is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 98 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees to qualified students.

K -State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Kansas State University.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Nutrition Science at K -State

#3

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #3 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition science degrees to 67 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $17,740 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Science students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Nutrition Science at UMN Twin Cities

#4

College of Saint Benedict

Saint Joseph, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Saint Benedict. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. CSB is a small school located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota that handed out 20 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students whose families make more than $110k list, CSB has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend College of Saint Benedict is $25,785 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Science students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full CSB Nutrition Science Report

#5

Concordia College at Moorhead

Moorhead, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia College at Moorhead. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Moorhead, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition science students in 2019-2020.

Concordia College Moorhead also took the #5 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Concordia College at Moorhead is $23,029 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Science students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Concordia College at Moorhead Nutrition Science Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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